Phil R Posted August 10, 2002 Share Posted August 10, 2002 Hi, noticed yesterday I had no brake lights or reverse light. Changed the fuse and it blew again immediately the ignition was switched on. Turns out there's sod all clearance between the transmission tunnel and the connections on the reverse light switch. Just rubbed through the rubber covers on the connectors and shorted out on the transmission tunnel. I thought the gearbox might not have been centred but, when I took a good look, it seemed OK. I fixed it by cutting a 25mm hole in the tunnel and sticking a grommet in it so the connectors can't rub on the tunnel. Just wondered if anyone else had this problem and how they got around it. /Phil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F355GTS Posted August 10, 2002 Share Posted August 10, 2002 Phil Interesting because normally a switch of that type/ use will only switch the earth to the bulb not the positive mainly to avoid exactly this sort of problem, maybe Caterhams are different! Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil R Posted August 10, 2002 Author Share Posted August 10, 2002 Mark, yeah, I think you're right. Maybe Caterhams are different because, with the connections rubbing on the tunnel, the fuse was blowing every time the ignition was on. You'd think that the reverse light would have just been on all the time wouldn't you? Strange! Maybe I'll have a poke about with a meter and see what's going on. Although, now it's working. If it ain't broke........ /Phil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Martyr Posted August 10, 2002 Share Posted August 10, 2002 When this happened to me it was due to an earth fault as the cable came out of the rear lamp cluster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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